Live Coverage: minute by minute account of election day in Egypt

On voting day, Ahram Online provides a live blow-by-blow account of developments on the electoral battlefield.

Ahram Online, Al Ahram Arabic portal, Sunday 28 Nov 2010

Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood candidates chant anti-government slogans as they protest what they call "violations" in front of a polling station during the Egyptian parliamentary elections in Alexandria, Egypt Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Egyptians began voting Sunday in a parliamentary election preceded by a crackdown on the main opposition movement and on independent media and tensions with the U.S. over the government's insistence on barring international monitors.

17:38: Around 500 supporters of NDP members not allowed to run for parliament are demonstrating in front of Damanhour Court.

17:25: Ikhwan Web claims journalist Aya Alfeqy was attacked by thugs who took her laptop and camera.

17:21: Fighting breaks out in Kerdasa between supporters of the two NDP candidates, Rashwan Al-Zomor and Ansar Khaled. An unconfirmed number have been injured and one vehicle was destroyed in the process.

15:10: Minor clashes in Helwan El-Balad between Bakri’s supporters and Meshaal’s, after the former went on protests accusing the authorities of rigging the vote.

15:09: Three Muslim Brotherhood candidates stage sit-in at police station in Menoufeya.

14:56: Reports indicate that a school in Suez is being burnt down as protesting continue to escalate.

14:50: Candidates running for seats in the Sharqiya Governorate are continuing their electoral campaign despite instructions by the High Electoral Commission that put the cut off line at midnight yesterday. Cars with huge microphones circled the governorate premises urging locals to vote for Mohamed Saleh, the NDP candidate.

14:46: Rights group accuse Faissal Police Station in Suez of using criminal thugs against opposition as clashes show no sign of abating.

14:38: Protesters have cut the International Road in Kafr El-Sheikh to protest electoral violations. Police fire tear gas and live ammunition in the air to disperse them. No casualties reported.

14:35: Head of the High Electoral Commission says election process is going smoothly, adding that nothing has happened to obstruct it.

14:32: Sayed Meshaal, NDP candidate and minister of military production, is now in Helwan, surrounded by hundreds of supporters.

14:29: Pope Shenouda has cast his vote, and so did the senior members of the clergy.

14:20: The Muslim Brotherhood will reportedly be demonstrating in Alexandria’s Abu Suleiman area.

14:19: Voting goes smoothly in Nasr City, east of Cairo. No clashes reported.

14:18: Reports coming in of security forces breaking into Kafr El-Sheikh polling station to manipulate ballots.

14:12 Brawling breaks out in Abdeen district between supporters of MB candidate Gamal Hanafi and Tagammu candidate Hussein Ashraf Amin.

11:57: In Helwan, Mostafa Bakri’s supporters and those of Sayed Meshaal, the minister of military production, are exchanging chants, but no clashes reported. Muslim Brotherhood supporters were banned from voting in several stations according to reports.

11:53: Reports throughout the morning suggest that polling stations in Menya have witnessed some of the calmest and smoothest elections so far.

11:50: Clashes in Ramses street between Gameela Ismail who claims forgery and poll station members.

11:46: The Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence documents 150 detentions, and one murder up till now.

11:43: Polling station at Salam Primary School transferred from Qasr El Nile district to Boulak El-Dakrour.

11:38: More than 2000 members of opposition parties are protesting in Suez to stop elections.
protesters have submitted a memorandum president of the attic committee of elections to stop elections. Such reaction toke place after opposition party delegates were banned from entering the electoral commissions.

11:37: Clashes in Qena between NDP supporters and independent candidates’.

11:26: Musheer El-Gendi, brother of an independent candidate in Mansoura, was shot earlier this morning while accompanying his brother to finalize election papers. No perpetrator has been caught as yet.

11:24: Clashes between the police and the supporters of independent candidate Khaled Abu Serei in Saft el-Laban. The polling station, Ahmad Shawqi School, has been shut down.

11:23: Independent candidate Mustafa Bakri’s representative in Helwan, Kamal Abdel Ghani says they were not allowed in the polling stations, while all NDP representatives were allowed by the police to enter. Central Security Forces trucks are parked near all schools in Helwan.

11:21 It seems access to the the Muslim Brotherhoods website, Ikhwanonline, is possible through the use of a VPN, meaning internet users outside of Egypt have access. This appears to contradict earlier reports that the site is down due to the large number of visitors this morning.

11:15 Independent candidate Gameela Ismail is using twitter to tell voters that she is listed on the ballot as number 14, not 17 -- something that appears to have caused some confusion since voting began this morning.

11:10 Worst election clashes are currently in Suez and Mahalla with mounting reports of beatings, gun fire and tear gas.11:07: NDP accuses BBC of spreading false rumours about election, saying the network is out to tarnish Egypt’s image.

11:05: Eyewitness in Alexandria claim to see meals being handed out to those voting for NDP candidate Salah Mohamed Maselhi.

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mariam bedda

01-01-2011 01:05pm

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egyptian parliamenatry elections

i really liked the detailed news above , but could u please send me mpre detailed results because i am writing an article in school about parliamentary elections . thanx and i love ur work

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01-01-2011 01:05pm

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2. choice...

Sorry Ana: But this is absolutely not ridiculous. Morsi was even for his own brothers from FJP and for the MB just #2. choice". Doesn' t this say enough?

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ALY PAPA

30-11-2010 06:11am

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Election!!

excellent balanced reporting,I just cant comprehend,why on earth should the BBC want to tarnish an already tarnished image? the government is pathetic and controlled by thugs.I never bother to vote till the day I see a genuine free election..

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Mimo

29-11-2010 08:10am

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Great Job

The Site is Great, contents, layout and efforts. u did what we miss...:)